Champagne and blue balloons mark signing

2003-04-17

CHAMPAGNE corks popped and thousands of blue and yellow balloons filled the sky over Nicosia’s main square yesterday afternoon as Greek Cypriots turned out to

CyTA slashes cost of so-easy package

2003-04-17

By a Staff Reporter THE COST of CyTA’s so-easy phone cards will drop by 47 per cent from tomorrow. The so-easy package, a one-off pay-as-you-go

Tala water safe, tests show

2003-04-17

THE LOCAL authorities of a Paphos community said yesterday the water supply to Tala village had not been contaminated with diesel as initially thought, assuring

Next target: the euro

2003-04-17

A THOUSAND blue and yellow balloons were released in Nicosia yesterday to mark the signing of the Treaty of Accession of the European Union. Each

What the Treaty says about the Bases

2003-04-17

By a Staff Reporter THE ACCESSION Treaty, which the Republic of Cyprus signed yesterday, will not apply to the British Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) in

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